[The Damron Hotel Fire, 17 of 21: Two Individuals on the Street Northwest of the Fire] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [The Damron Hotel Fire, 17 of 21: Two Individuals on the Street Northwest of the Fire]

Date

  • Creation: 1975-12-22
  • Digitized: 2007-11-21

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Shown here is another view of the plume of thick black smoke at the height of the fire that completely destroyed the Damron Hotel December 22, 1975, along with two hard-hatted individuals (presumably fire-fighters) standing in the street. It was a very popular hotel during the mineral water industry's heyday through the "Roaring Twenties", Great Depression and World War II. By the time of the fire, however, an informant remarked--verbally--that no respectable lady permitted herself to be found within a block of the hotel. Sic transit, it would appear, gloria mundi.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Hotels
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Civil Servants - Firefighters
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Tourism

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: A. F. Weaver Collection
    Code: AFWC

Institution

  • Name: Boyce Ditto Public Library
    Code: BDPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: AWO_1276N.016
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth29888
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